Electrotherapeutic apparatus.



BENJAMIN Y. BOYD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed September 23, 1908. Serial No. 454,435.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Y. BOYD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ElectrotherapeuticApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention is concerned with a novel apparatus designed primarily fortreating the male genitalia, although itwill be understood thatit couldbe employed in treating other similarly associated organs if desired.

To illustrate my invention I annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in whichthe same reference characters are employed to designate the same partsin both the figures, of which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus with parts broken awayandin central section; and Fi 2 is a plan view in section on the line A- ofFig. 1.

The cup a, which is of the proper size and shape to receive the scrotalsack through the open top thereof, is composed of some menlating mate"a1, such as glass or hard rubber, and has the onducting wire I) passedtherethrough in any suitable manner, preferably so as to keep the cupliquid tight, and provided with some means of attaching it to a flexibleconductor a, such for instance as the loop d. The other cup e issimilarly con" structed, excep that its size and shape are such as toperml it to receive the penis when hanging naturally. It has a similarconducting wire 7 and loop 9 to receive the flexible conductor h, whichis, of course, secured to the other side of the battery from theconductor 0, when the current is to be localized on the arts. When it isto be diffused through the )ody, the connections may be as shown indotted lines, where both cups are connected to oneside of the battery,and a movable electrode f, indicated diagrammatically, adapted to beapplied to the back or any other part of the body may be connected tothe other side of the battery. The two cups are r1.1nneeted,' n'eershlyby a sirsliew trough-like portion 7' and a vertical web 1c, to giverigidity and strength to the structure. The battery employed will, ofcourse, furnish whatever kind and quantity of cur-- rent is needed.

The operation of the apparatus will be readily apparent: The cups may befilled with lain water, or it may be medicated in one if it is desiredto take advantage of the cataphoric action resulting from theelectrolysis of the water when a direct current is employed. In a caseof varicocele and diminished vigor, a positive galvanic current is sentthrough the scrotal sack, contractin the varicose veins, and dilatingthe dorsa and other veins of the penis, thus curin the varicocelc andrestoring the natural vigor simultaneously. Other methods of use will hereadily apparent to those familiar with electrothera y.

While I have s own and described my in-'.

vention as embodied in the form which I at present consider' bestadapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it iscapable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in theinterpretation of the following claiin except as may be necessitated bythe state of the prior art.

What claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the UnitedStates, 'is:

apparatus for the purpose described, consisting of a. pair of connectedcups of insulating material adapted to receive the parts to betreated,and provided with'electrode connections so that a current of electricitycan be passed into one on thence through the containedpart to andthrough the other part and thence from the other on y In witnesswhereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 21st dayof September, A. D. 1908.

BENJAMIN Y. BOYD. [L. s.]

